Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL moved from $45,130 in May 2024 to $46,780 in May 2025 (+3.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL sits +0.6 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Carpenters shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
Carpenters publishes $49,210 here versus $60,580 nationally (-18.8%; 2,640metro-area jobs). Next is Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel at $57,620 locally versus $69,990 nationally (-17.7%).
- Carpenters$49,210 in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL sits 18.8% below the national Carpenters median of $60,580 (2,640 published local jobs).
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$57,620 in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL sits 17.7% below the national Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $69,990 (3,170 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$48,950 in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL sits 16.5% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (3,050 published local jobs).
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$61,120 in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL sits 15.2% below the national Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products median of $72,080 (2,750 published local jobs).
Carpenters and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 15980 · Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #223/528
- RPP-MID 102.3
- OCC-MOST 431 occs
- TOP-LEAD Surgeons, All… · $426K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE +0.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Southwest Maine…
- BOOK-FULL 415 rows · May 2025
Read with Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area (+$5 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
Employment scale inside Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL's top-pay list
Lawyers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 1,090 jobs · $129,450
- 2. Financial Managers 990 jobs · $143,830
- 3. Pharmacists 750 jobs · $134,880
- 4. Physicians, All Other 690 jobs · $313,710
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 690 jobs · $129,670
- 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers 420 jobs · $159,820
- 7. Marketing Managers 400 jobs · $128,980
- 8. Physician Assistants 380 jobs · $131,700
- 9. Family Medicine Physicians 360 jobs · $243,940
- 10. Human Resources Managers 220 jobs · $131,570
- 11. Dentists, General 190 jobs · $178,970
- 12. Information Security Analysts 180 jobs · $131,500
- 13. Nurse Anesthetists 160 jobs · $205,330
- 14. Veterinarians 150 jobs · $128,940
- 15. Computer Network Architects 130 jobs · $130,150
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 90 jobs · $163,590
- 17. Optometrists 80 jobs · $161,540
- 18. Purchasing Managers 80 jobs · $127,460
Occupations Tracked
431
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,094
employment-weighted, 415 complete rows
Top Salary
$425,970
Surgeons, All Other
Cost of Living
102.3
2% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgeons, All Other | $425,970 |
| 2 | Anesthesiologists | $383,630 |
| 3 | Psychiatrists | $315,960 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $313,710 |
| 5 | Family Medicine Physicians | $243,940 |
| 6 | Nurse Anesthetists | $205,330 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $202,190 |
| 8 | Podiatrists | $194,670 |
| 9 | Dentists, General | $178,970 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $163,590 |
| 11 | Optometrists | $161,540 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $159,820 |
| 13 | Financial Managers | $143,830 |
| 14 | Environmental Engineers | $142,700 |
| 15 | Pharmacists | $134,880 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $131,700 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $131,570 |
| 18 | Information Security Analysts | $131,500 |
| 19 | Computer Network Architects | $130,150 |
| 20 | Nurse Practitioners | $129,670 |
| 21 | Lawyers | $129,450 |
| 22 | Marketing Managers | $128,980 |
| 23 | Veterinarians | $128,940 |
| 24 | Purchasing Managers | $127,460 |
| 25 | Public Relations Managers | $127,060 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $27,040 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $27,920 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,770 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,930 |
| Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers | $29,280 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,360 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $29,700 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $29,760 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,940 |
| Cashiers | $30,530 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in FL
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside FL. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($59,094 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL wage figures in a real decision
- Surgeons, All Other leads published medians in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL at $425,970/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Surgeons, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $59,094 adjusts to about $57,738 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 102.3. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for FL before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.